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(No'Mdel.)

N. H, VAN WINKLE.

BED LOUNGE.

Patented Fabi?, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL H. VAN WINKILE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,991, dated February 27, 1883.

Application tiled December 29, 1882. (No model.)

-to use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and iigures of 'reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

" My invention relates to bed-lounges; and the improvement consists solely in the manner of adjusting the head-rest when thelounge is usedas a bed or couch.' Heretofore great difficulty has been experienced in getting the head-rest ou the under zo part of the lounge on the same incline as the inclined head ofthe extension, and thus form one continuous head-rest, Without at the same time increasing the height ot' the head when the lounge is closed up. This object 1s partly 2 5 accomplished in the loungepatented to James K. Stockton and Milo S. Stockton, November 9,1875,No.169,862; butin the Stockton lounge only the lower partl of the head is raised, the upper portion remainingalways at the same 3o height. In my improvement the whole headrest is raised to the same level as the inclined head of the lounge.

1n the` accompanyingdrawings, in which similar letters of reterenceindicate like parts, Figure l is a perspective view ot' an open bedlounge containing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a section through the open lounge on the line my, showing thehead-rest adjusted for the bed. Fig. 3 is a section through the lounge 4o on the linewy, and shows the head-rest dropped into a position ready for closing the bed preparatoryvto transforming it-into a lounge.

GU is the main frame of the lounge. D is the extension forming the seat of the ylounge proper and oue-halfof the bed when thelounge is open. E is a revolving frame containing a mattress and fitted into tlemain frame. F is the inclined head-rest of the lounge proper. G is the adjustable head-rest to and for the frame E when the lounge is converted into a bed. b is the mattress or cushion on the head-rest G. b is the mattress ou the revolving frame E; d, a stop for holding the head-rest G in position. e is a support for the head-rest G when it is dropped to allow the lounge to be closed. f is a support extending from front to back across the under part of the frame-work of the head of the lounge and pivoted thereto on either side at g. h It are hinges connecting the supportf to the head-rest Gr.

The lounge being open, as shown in Fig. 1,

the head-rest G is in the position shown in Fig.

2. In order to close the lounge, the head-rest Gr is pulled back, and being hinged to the support f, which is pivoted at g to the frame-work ot the head, it moves in the direction shown by arrow l. The lower partof the head rest Gr is then moved in the direction shown by arrow 2 and the rest will be brought into the position shown in Fig. 3, when the lounge may be closed up, the trame E .revolving on the point It' and the extension D closing over it in the ordinary manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

l. The semi-revolving supportf, pivoted at one side or edge to the stationary frame of the head-rest and on the opposite side or edge thereof hinged to the adjustable head-rest G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 2. The combination of the head-rest V(3f with the hinges h, pivoted support f, and stop d, substantially as described.

3. The head-rest Gr, in combination with hinges h, pivoted supportf, stop d, and support e, substantially as 'and for the purpose described.

ln testimony whereofI aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NATElANlEL H. VAN WINKLE.

Witnesses:

JAMES DUNN,

GEO. E. VAN WINKLE. 

